Gotta love having the furry kids traveling with you!
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Nice! They really are good dogs, they love going on adventures with me. Here is a better shot of them.
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Beautiful, I have had GSD's all my life. My boy is a 4 year old long coat and my girl is 8 year old standard coat. I take them everywhere I can. I have it all worked out to get them into the RTT now, if I am solo.
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Welcome aborad guys, great group here of like minded people.
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- Bradford
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Hello Everyone,
I'm Brad, I love being outdoors and have been camping all my life. Looking to get into over-landing.
Location - Hackettstown, New Jersey
Rig - 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland
Experience - I would say i'm a novice although i have been camping and ATV riding for years. Hoping i can find some locations in my area to learn a lot.
I'm Brad, I love being outdoors and have been camping all my life. Looking to get into over-landing.
Location - Hackettstown, New Jersey
Rig - 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland
Experience - I would say i'm a novice although i have been camping and ATV riding for years. Hoping i can find some locations in my area to learn a lot.
Hello every one, I am fairly new to overloading but i am jumping in with both feet. I have lived in the Vancouver Canada area most of my life and currently living here now. I am driving a 2005 tacoma extended cab, put a little love into so far with suspension ,tires, bed rack from cbi off road, tepui ayer sky rtt, some new lights to be able to see and looking forward to doing some bigger mods this year. super stoked to be part of this community of overlanders and adventure seekers. any tips or ideas for my rig is greatly appreciated. my next mods i would like is rear locker, snorkel, diff breather extension, and a winch set up. For the winch setup i am not sure what to do wether it is a bumper and winch or a hitch with the winch on a winch plate and i can remove it.
Cheers!!!
Will
Cheers!!!
Will
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Just ordered my member ship! hello every one! I'm in san Rafael CA (bay area) I'm driving a 98 limited Toyota Tacoma, and my experience on the trails is beginner. I am a technician at BMW and a mid level mig/arc/aluminum welder so my mechanical experience is Experienced haha. I have a lot of plans for this little truck but first I want to get some experience on the trails with the truck in stock form and I will mod as I gain experience.. or as things break! To get things started I have just began performing a top and front end overhaul to give myself a good platform to build on, and some added reliability as I gain experience and attend some events.
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Welcome! Lots of folks from the Bay Area. I don't live there anymore, but still a member of the local rover club and work there still. Being a welder is a great thing, you should meet my buddy Pedram!
Hey guys, new to the overlanding scene. rig is a 06 jeep liberty, i know a little different but so far the wife and i are doing pretty good with it and a ground tent. Few trips around here (southeastern ohio- wayne national forest, zaleski forest etc) and a "big" 4 day trip on cedar/portsmouth island nc. Looking forward to a full year of camping/overlanding this year, first half of '16 was for wedding planning!
06 liberty, OME all around, no rtt yet
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06 liberty, OME all around, no rtt yet
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Hey man welcome! I live In NC but I'm from NJ, the lake Hopatcong area. My mother actually just moved to Hackettstown in that gated golf commuity. We were just up a week ago for new years and we will definitely be up there again. My brother is still there as well, he has a tuned up XJ and his fiance has an srt8 jeep. He used to work at one of the 4wd places up there too. I'm sure I'll be seeing you on our next trip up, I already miss the pizza and had to bring back my ration of bagels, lol.
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Welding and metal work is fun I really enjoy it, its also fun when you get to help another guy out when someone has a project to do but can't weld or doesn't have all the equipment, before I got my welder I felt that way, I always had a great idea or a part I wanted to but but I would need just a few welds to make it work. I need to meet other welders to talk tech stuff and about where to source material from. Is pedram in the Bay Area?
Member II
I worked with Pedram and we did a lot of welding and fabrication to my Disco. Yes, he's in Union City and works in San Leandro. My brother is actually also a master welder in the union, but he's in MA.
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2) Location- Tennessee
3) Rig- 2017 Tacoma TRD Off Road
4) Overlanding Experience Background- Used to make annual treks out west to explore byways and light trails in my Jeeps, camping along the way, but haven't been in 10 years (I've still owned Jeeps, but the only "off-roading" has been riding on the farm). Recently bought my Tacoma, and did a nice day trip with a group. Glad to be a part of this community.
2) Location- Tennessee
3) Rig- 2017 Tacoma TRD Off Road
4) Overlanding Experience Background- Used to make annual treks out west to explore byways and light trails in my Jeeps, camping along the way, but haven't been in 10 years (I've still owned Jeeps, but the only "off-roading" has been riding on the farm). Recently bought my Tacoma, and did a nice day trip with a group. Glad to be a part of this community.
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Welcome! I'm new as well. Nice rig! how are you liking the 2017? thats my dream truck but in white, but my 98 fits my budget better.
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Hello @LittleRed94 , thanks! I love it. Wasn't planning to buy anything new, but couldn't find what I wanted used for a decent price. It took a while to find a basic Off-Road package with a stick shift, but it was worth the wait.
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DURANGO, CO
92 Toyota Pickup 22re 257k
Hi everyone I just bought this Wildernest the other day and felt that it's appropriate to finally join OB. The only overland experience I've had is a week long camping/exploration of the san juans in the back of my other canvas covered topper, worked great in Ouray for not being sealed up. This Wildernest needs some TLC and have planned some modifications for it. I have a 25+yo vehicle, 25+yo camper, plus a 25+yo Ham radio(KE0KSY) in the truck, guess you can say everything is period correct haha.
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Welcome! I'm new as well! Good to see another one from CO!
OB#3277
DURANGO, CO
92 Toyota Pickup 22re 257k
Hi everyone I just bought this Wildernest the other day and felt that it's appropriate to finally join OB. The only overland experience I've had is a week long camping/exploration of the san juans in the back of my other canvas covered topper, worked great in Ouray for not being sealed up. This Wildernest needs some TLC and have planned some modifications for it. I have a 25+yo vehicle, 25+yo camper, plus a 25+yo Ham radio(KE0KSY) in the truck, guess you can say everything is period correct haha.
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That's pretty funny. I grew up in Hopatcong. That is true cant beat the pizza in the New York area... Ill keep an eye out for a tuned XJ
Last year I bought a new '16 4R TEP. I've always liked 4Runners since they first came out. After doing the sports car thing and making my way through auto-crossing, rally-crossing, track days and time trials, I found myself completely over driving them on the road anymore. I thought about an older 4Runner at first but then realized that this would be our long trip vehicle and decided new was the best thing for us. I looked at Wrangler Unlimiteds, but wow, those cost a lot more. Originally I wanted the TRD Pro, but decided on the Trail once I learned that the its essentially the same thing without the long travel suspension or added attention. After sports cars all I want is to blend in and disappear. (but yes, I'm still envious of the TRD grill and wheels)
I've always loved dirt roads and had a lot of fun with my '02 WRX wagon in the woods. That car ended up with fully adjustable gravel coil-over suspension and hard compound rally tires, but it still didn't have the ground clearance to get over fallen tress or semi-deep water crossings. The 4Runner does this all now effortlessly- and more comfortably as well.
I love being in the woods and my wife likes to explore old mining sites. So far we've been to Bodie, Malakoff Diggins, Sierra City and The Lakes Basin area in addition to numerous trips to the Mendocino National Forest.
Right now my plan is to keep the 4R as stock as possible for mpgs, cost and comfort. I haven't left track days behind me yet so I need to leave some money for that too. I figure I'll know when I need the next thing once its held me back from where I want to go a few times. So far tires are the only thing I've needed to change and I'm loving the stock size BFG K02s and the added piece of mind.
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